LOCAL HERO
Directed and Written by Bill Forsyth
In the old days of British comedy, the plot would have been predictable. If a big American oil company decided to buy an unspoiled Scottish village (and its little crescent beach) in order to destroy it and then build a refinery, the natives would launch a counterstrike of sly and eccentric schemes designed to sabotage the outlanders' plans. How times have changed! In Local Hero, the residents, excepting one beachcomber holdout, are all eager to sell. It is the outsiders, succumbing to the charm of the...
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